Apostrophes

An apostrophe is a punctuation mark used to indicate possession or the omission of letters in contractions.

Add an apostrophe followed by 's' (e.g., the dog's leash).

Add only an apostrophe after the 's' (e.g., the dogs' park).

Add an apostrophe followed by 's' (e.g., the children's toys).

A contraction is a shortened form of two words, where an apostrophe replaces the omitted letters (e.g., can't for cannot).

Combine 'is' with a pronoun or noun and use an apostrophe (e.g., he's for he is).

Add an apostrophe followed by 's' (e.g., James's book) or just an apostrophe (e.g., James' book) depending on style preference.

'Its' is a possessive pronoun meaning belonging to it, while 'it's' is a contraction for 'it is'.

Do not use an apostrophe for plural nouns that are not possessive (e.g., dogs, cars).

A dash is used to indicate a sudden break in a sentence.